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H. E. HOLBROOK HINGE Filed May 10. 1922 Patentes aeg. ai, ieee.

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HINGE.

Application led MayY 10, 1922. Serial No. 559,734.

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Be" it known that l, HENRY HOLE-Roon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bostomin the county of Suffolk and State of lifassachusetts, have invented .Certain zIlQW and useful improvements iin Hinges, of which the following is 1 a specification. y

This invention pertains generally to hinges, and while capable ofmany uses, Vit isV illustrated herein as applied to a folding crib for pivotally and slidably connecting the top to one of the side walls so that the top may be disposed over the crib to cover the same or suspended vat one side of the crib, permitting access to the interior of the crib.

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a hinge which will permit of the desired relative pivotal and sliding movements between the two members connected by the hinge, one which when applied will be entirely concealed from view, and one which will be strong and durable and which can be manufactured at a relatively low cost. 4

For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of my invention, l have illustrated on the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment thereof. Y

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. lis a fragmentary sectional view of a crib showing my invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a similar view on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig 2; and Y Fig. a is a sectional view on the line L-a of Fig.r2.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, reference characters 5 and 6 indicate the vside walls of a folding crib or other construction to which my invention is applied, and 7 indicates the top adapted to form a Vcover for the crib. The cover is shown in s Y fastening means.

In alinement withi each of these guides, the

upper edge` of the side wall 6 is provided with a notch l2 in the bottom of which a holeor socket is formed, preferably disposed at an angle, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The hingeproper comprises a threaded member 13 adapted to be screwed into the socket above mentioned, and a member '14 hingedly connected thereto by a hinge pin l5 and comprising a curved neck portion terminating in aflat head 16 which is adaptn ed to slide in its respective guide 9. lVhile the head 16 and its connecting neck may be formed independently of each other and connected togetherby rivets or otherwise, I prefer to make them of integral construction, a portion of the head being bent downwardly at right angles to form the neck portion, as will be evident from Fig. 3.

When the parts are assembled as shown in Figs. l and 2, the cover 9 may be slid horizontally to the left relatively to the wall 6, the guides 9 traveling during this movement to the left relatively to their respec tive heads which remain stationary. lllhen the cover has been slid in this manner far enough to dispose the center of gravity outside the hinge pin, the rear edge will swing downwardly and the forward edge upwardly and the sliding movement may be continued until the cover is disposed parallel with and against the outer face of the wall (i, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Vhen thus positioned the cover is suspended outside the crib wall, and all danger of accidental closing of the cover is obviated. When it is desired to close the same it may be lifted and swung forwardly into closed position, the opening and closing movements being a combined pivotal and sliding relative movement between the cover and the wall 6. Obviously access to the interior of the crib may be obtained by simply sliding the cover rearwardly a limited distance without swinging it at all about its hinge, and similarly, when it is desired to open the cover, it may be lifted at its forward edge and the sliding and pivotal movements may be readily controlled while the coverv is tilted and lowerered about the hinge connection.

I believe that my invention and many of its advantages will be understood from the foregoing without further description, and it should be manifest that the structural de tails may be varied within considerable lim.-

its Without departing from the essence oi' the invention as defined in the following claims. a

I Claim:

l. The combination with A a stationary member and a movable member normally disposed at an angle to the stationaryT member, of a guide fixed to the inner face oi' said movable member, anda hinge comprising a leaf anchored to said stationary mem-V ber and a lea-l pivoted to said anchored: leafand slidngly engaged in said guide Whereby said members are plvotally and slidmgly connected together so as to permit said movi able member-to be disposed m a closed position with one margin overlapping said stationary member or" to be disposed outside of and substantially parallel with said stationary member.

Y 2. The Combination with stationary and movable members Vnormally dl'sposedfat Sub- Y stantally right'ang-les to'eaoh other, of

means for pivotally and sldinglyeonneet- Y ling said Vmembers together to-permit the movement ofo'ne of said members relatively to the other from said right angled position to a position parallel with the other member, said means comprising a guidewayfixed to the underside ofthe movable member,VV

leaves and v saidl guideivay.

- HENRY a rronergooii.

and a sliding movement betvieen one of said 

